For Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the road to the presidency runs through the Midwest

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6. So what, Whiskey? Bury them with indifference, for god's sakes, and move on.

We have BIG battles to take on and no time for silly little ones.

Here's reality: The Democratic Party is strongly dominated by center left liberal voters and others averaging center left. The image of a noisy fringe as a power is a media creation. I personally always want to push policy left, but we are a big, inclusive party that strives to meet the needs of America, and that means radicals who can't cooperate are always doomed to big disappointments.

As for Klobuchar, our next president, as always, will be chosen by the vast, very diverse, mainstream base of the Democratic Party, which is good for her. We at least know neither she nor Harris will be running just to make a statement if they do.

The one I'm wondering about running, of course, is Biden. After all his years of doofusing, he comes across as a kindly elder statesman and offers the kind of warm fuzzies a badly bruised and battered electorate might find very welcome. He might actually have learned to stand stronger over the years also. Obama likes him a lot; don't really know why, but I figure Obama knows something I don't and that means something to me.